Fwd: Re: Armadillo Origin Trivia Q
Frances Morey
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Diana remembered the one who I did. I thought he was the only one who died
at the AHW, but maybe Henry did too.
Frances
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Frances,
Think the guy's name was Ken Featherstone. A talented artiest. Worked
the entrance/exit door of the "dillo"during concerts. He was shot by a
disgruntled psycho over an altercation at the door. ("No booze can be
taken out at this time".... type of altercation.) Guy took offense, left
and returned with a gun and shot Featherstone. Within days, the shooter
turned himself in to the front desk at the San Gabriel Street
ATCMHMR...know this because I worked the front desk , was prepped to
expect him and escorted him to his counselor. His mother negotiated
this arrangement. This guy was very strung out, "speedy".
Diana
On Mon, 8 Oct 2001 13:59:21 -0700 (PDT) Frances Morey
<frances_morey@excite.com> writes:
> Bill,
> Thank goodness that JFKLN isn't on this list any longer. I'm sure he
> could
> not stand any of this heresy about others discovering the "dillo"
> before he
> did, becoming the Godfather of the Armadillo World Headquarters Art
> in
> Austin.
> In the 70's I believe, there was one fatality at the AWH--I think it
> was the
> only one. I thought the man's name was Whitehead, or something like
> that.
> I'm glad to know that it was not Glenn Whitehead. The infortunate
> guy was
> the boyfriend of a woman I knew who afterwards moved away from
> Austin.
> The man was an employee and some dude, reacting to the indignity of
> being
> thrown out came back with a gun. It was another totally irrational
> attack
> ending the life of a really nice human being.
> Frances
>
>
> On Mon, 8 Oct 2001 10:23:37 -1000, Bill Irwin wrote:
>
> > Ah, finally a subject line that I can wrap my mind around
> without
> loosing
> > sleep!
> >
> > About the origins of the Armadillo cult: During the early 60's
> and
> > extending up to the mid 60's David Dean and a group of his
> friends and
> > associates who were commonly known as the Hogs (or Hawgs (sp?))
> began
> > celebrating an annual holiday that they called International
> Armadillo
> Week.
> > This was mainly a drinking festival and it did last all week (in
> David's
> > case it lasted all year). There was always one big party and a
> lot of
> > people came to these parties. A lot of folks from the Ranger
> staff would
> > come to these parties and several people on the AGL have already
> remembered
> > these affairs. To prepare for these festivities David would
> prepare some
> > promotional material, these included posters, hand bills and
> t-shirts.
> > David did all the art work for these things and of course all the
> art
> work
> > featured armadillos in various activities, mainly drinking and
> fornicating.
> > He also did some other sketches and toons featuring armadillos
> and I
> don't
> > know if they were published in any publication but it is possible
> that
> they
> > were. Of course other artists were also inspired by the
> Armadillo
> festival.
> > I am not real sure of the beginning date for the International
> Armadillo
> > Week but I would guess that it was 61 or 62 and I am leaning to
> the 62
> date.
> > By 65 the festival had died out. David Dean was the creator of
> the
> > Armadillo festival concept and did all the art work for the
> festival.
> The
> > parties were held at his house. David and his friends always
> considered
> the
> > International Armadillo Week as the origin of the Armadillo cult.
>
> Weather
> > or not that is true I don't know. I don't know much about Austin
> before
> the
> > 60s.
> >
> > About the attached art work: I am no longer sure about the
> province of
> this
> > piece. It's a t-shirt and there is no credit line that I can
> see. I was
> > thinking that David Dean did it but like I say I don't really
> know for
> sure
> > any more. If it was done prior to 65 then the artist is David if
> after
> 65
> > then the artist is Franklin. Anybody out there that remember
> this
> T-shirt?
> > If so, I would be interested in "remembering" the creator.
> >
> > I hope that this helps with your historical research.
> > Bill "Ewie" Irwin
> >
> > PS; this art work would be a good thing to add to the
> Austinghetto web
> site
> > if we can figure out who the artist is - definatly one of us..
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: jaxon41 <jaxon41@austin.rr.com>
> > To: ghetto ghetto <austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 11:59 AM
> > Subject: Armadillo Origin Trivia Q
> >
> >
> > > After the Fall of Hairy Ranger (meaning, after we ran that
> photo of
> > luscious
> > > Karen Gordon in a see-through blouse), a New Crew was installed
> to run
> the
> > > Ranger. How long UT continued to foot the bill for it I can't
> recall,
> but
> > > during this wind-down period some fellow did cutesy little
> Armadillo
> > > cartoons in the Ranger (or wuz it the Daily Texan?).
> Whitehead? Was
> that
> > > his name? If so, was he the same ____ Whitehead of the
> husband/wife
> team
> > > that went on to some local renoun as designers?
> > >
> > > Please correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't this before Franklin
> hit
> town
> > and
> > > raised the armadillo to Cult Icon status? Not trying to
> detract from
> > Jim's
> > > Legacy in the slightest here. Merely interested in pinpointing
> in Time
> > when
> > > artists started depicting th' Little Nine-Banded, Armor-Plated
> Guy as a
> > > symbol for our way of life. Answers, anyone? jaxon
> > >
> >
> > << File Attachment Removed: "image/jpeg;
> > name="arm_txheart.jpg"" >>
>
>
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